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Randolph says (speculating, I think) that no one wants the job because the Lucasfilm team is divided between old-guard Star Wars people and Kennedy's handpicked loyalists.

But who is the Empire and who is the Rebel Alliance?

And which side killed Carrie Fisher?

[Architect of Avalon]

The only way to make Episode IX cool is to open it with a scene of a third group, ptreviously unknown to Star Wars viewers, destroying both Rebellion and Empire.